Numbers 30

1 Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which YHWH has commanded.

Moses told the tribal leaders of Israel, “This is what the Lord commands:

2 When a man vows a vow to YHWH, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

If a man makes a solemn promise to the Lord, or pledges to do something by swearing an oath, he must not break his promise. He must do everything he said he would.

3 "Also when a woman vows a vow to YHWH, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,

If a woman who's young and still living in her father's house makes a solemn promise to the Lord or pledges to do something by swearing an oath

4 and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.

and her father finds out about her promise or pledge but doesn't say anything to her, all the promises or pledges she has sworn to do will stand.

5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and YHWH will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

But if her father disallows them as soon as he finds out, then none of her promises or pledges remain valid. The Lord will release her from keeping them because her father has disallowed them.

6 "If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,

If a woman marries after having made a solemn promise or sworn an oath without thinking

7 and her husband hears it, and holds his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand.

and her husband finds out about it but doesn't say anything to her right away, all the promises or pledges she has sworn to do will stand.

8 But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and YHWH will forgive her.

But if her husband disallows them when he finds out about it, then none of her promises or oaths remain valid and the Lord will release her from keeping them.

9 "But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.

Every solemn promise made by a widow or a woman who is divorced must be kept.

10 "If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

If a woman living with her husband makes a solemn promise to the Lord or pledges to do something by swearing an oath,

11 and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and did not disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.

and her husband finds out about her promise or pledge but doesn't say anything to her and doesn't disallow them, then none of her promises or pledges remain valid.

12 But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and YHWH will forgive her.

But if her husband disallows them as soon as he finds out about it, then none of her promises or oaths remain valid. The Lord will release her from keeping them because her husband has disallowed them.

13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

Her husband may also confirm or disallow any solemn promise or pledge the woman may make for self-denial.

14 But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he says nothing to her on the day that he heard them.

But if her husband doesn't ever say a word to her about it, then he is assumed to have confirmed all the solemn promises and pledges she has made.

15 But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity."

However, if he disallows them some time later after finding out about them, then he will bear the responsibility for her breaking them.”

16 These are the statutes, which YHWH commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house.

These are the regulations that the Lord gave to Moses regarding the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a daughter who is young and still living at home.